7Springs, GSA ski trip -- Part II. on the slope

D70, Sigma 70-300 lens. spot metering, shutter prioity, exposure compensation +0.3~ +1.7, ISO 400~640, no flash. Since this is a slow lens (f/5.6 at 300mm) while I wanted to freeze the motion of the high-speed skier, I had to choose a high shutter speed above 1/400 sec. However, most pictures were taken on the darker side of the mountain, the light was not enough at all. I had to increase the sensitivity to above ISO 400. Under such a condition, I got some blur and a lot of noticeable noise on the image. I did not use a tripod, so maybe some of the blur came from the shaking of my hands. How to get right focus on the fast moving skiers is also a problem with me.

Snowboard guys. Toeside ... (hehe, learned that word from Guo, Wei)

Heelside ...


Skiers ...

hehe, yellow jacket is really eye-catching.


This friendly guy was resting on the slope. He found I was shooting him, then he smiled at me, and I waved back. :)

A father was helping his son to put his boots onto the ski.

It seemed someone got injured. Best wishes!